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Rectification is a remedy whereby a court orders a change in a written document to reflect what it ought to have said in the first place. It is an equitable remedy, [1] and so the circumstances on which it can be applied are limited. In the United States, the remedy is commonly referred to as reformation.
A legal remedy, also referred to as judicial relief or a judicial remedy, is the means with which a court of law, usually in the exercise of civil law jurisdiction, enforces a right, imposes a penalty, or makes another court order to impose its will in order to compensate for the harm of a wrongful act inflicted upon an individual.
Rectification (law), an equitable legal remedy whereby a court orders a change in a written document to reflect what it should have said in the first place; Rectification, in astrology, "rectification of the birth time" is used when natal birth time is imprecise; Rectification movement (disambiguation)
Environmental remediation, the removal of pollution or contaminants from the environment; Legal remedy, an action by a court of law to impose its will; Remedial education, the act or process of correcting a fault or resolving a deficiency: e.g., remediation of a learning disability
The mischief rule [1] is one of three rules of statutory interpretation traditionally applied by English courts, [2] the other two being the "plain meaning rule" (also known as the "literal rule") and the "golden rule". It is used to determine the exact scope of the "mischief" that the statute in question has set out to remedy, and to guide the ...
The filing of a declaratory judgment lawsuit can follow the sending by one party of a cease-and-desist letter to another party. [6] A party contemplating sending such a letter risks that the recipient, or a party related to the recipient (i.e. such as a customer or supplier), may file for a declaratory judgment in their own jurisdiction, or sue for minor damages in the law of unjustified threats.
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Disgorgement takes into account the fact that the issuance of an injunction, by itself, does not correct the consequences of past activities. This remedy may also be imposed if the court believes that a defendant should not profit from his or her wrong, but equitable considerations indicate that an injunction should not be granted. [4]